On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:28 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:21 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ulipad rev 447 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What does Search -> Smart Navigation -> Clear Files do? The help >>>>>>> string says, "Clears buffered files", which I guessed meant to wipe >>>>>>> out any unsaved changes to an open file. But upon testing, I find this >>>>>>> isn't the case. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, what does Clear Files mean? And how is it connected to Smart >>>>>>> Navigation? >>>>> >>>>>> It should be clear buffered filenames, but not the real files. >>>>> >>>>> Ah, it clears the lists under both the left and right yellow arrows on >>>>> the tool bar. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe the menu item "Clear Files" should read "Clear Filenames"? >>>>> >>>>> Could this be the help string? "Clears the filenames listed under both >>>>> the left and right yellow arrows on the tool bar" >>>>> >>>>> Also, it would be very handy to have a key-binding for this, IMO. >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>> >>>> It seems too tedious, so I changed it to "Clears buffered filenames." >>> >>> Then I have to ask what the point of having help strings is. "Clears >>> buffered filenames" may now be correct; however, surely the point of >>> changing the help strings is not to just make them correct, but also >>> to make them useful to the user. How is someone supposed to guess from >>> "Clears buffered filenames" that the filenames are those filenames >>> listed under the yellow arrows on the tool bar? >>> >>> I think that we are wasting our time with these help strings if we are >>> not concerned mainly with making them of use to the user. >>> >>> What do others think about this? >>> >>> Dick >>> >> >> But what you said is just to explain the position but not the >> function, if you want to say it more clearly, I think : >> >> "Clears the buffered filenames used in Smart Navigation" maybe better. > > Yes, I think you're right, but is Smart Navigation explained anywhere? > I had no idea what it was until several months ago, even though I was > using it because Ulipad forces me to. (Frankly, sometimes I wish I > could shut it off..) > > Dick >
Ulipad will not force you use it. You can just omit it. -- I like python! UliPad <<The Python Editor>>: http://code.google.com/p/ulipad/ UliWeb <<simple web framework>>: http://uliwebproject.appspot.com My Blog: (new)http://http://hi.baidu.com/limodou (old)http://www.donews.net/limodou
